Because several people are sending me friend invites likely for this reason; it's gone because someone has stolen it and is currently making money off of it and I doubt that it will be possible to take it down.
I also received comments that didn't do anything but complain about everything, expecting me to support many 'compatibility patches' and waste time getting in contact with other authors to create such 'patches'.
Many people were also attempting to add me for no reason as well just because I changed a few pixels.
All I did was create a primitive texture pack by using what little updated guides there are for this game and decided to make it public cuz I thought people would find it handy.
Minimal Display Bars is as close as you will get, since my mod was one-of-a-kind I guess hence why it took off.
Also don't re-upload my mod if you download it from the shady websites, please. I don't really want it back on the workshop.

I'm sorry for what happen and I respect your wishes. Also thanks for responding to my question. I hope forum's mod can lock this post.

Dang, I'm sorry. The mod worked perfectly for me, and I'm gonna miss it.
Thank you though for letting everyone know what was going on.
It's always like studying a crime scene when a mod gets removed and I have to figure out which mod and why.

someone has uploaded the mod - i doubt with any malicious intent - i assume they had a local copy - and they say on the page that they assumed Sokolov had been hacked (based on the profile name change that briefly happened)

i put a comment in there to link them to this page so they can know what actually happened, and decide what to do based on Sokolov's statement and wishes

i don't want to link the mod, based on Sokolov's request - but i am sure people can work out how to find it if they want to grab it before it gets taken down

@Sokolov - i am sorry to hear of your troubles, especially after you having been so generous as to share your mod

Drizzt just linked me to this thread.

I am sorry to hear what has happened, as a Mod creator myself, it is one of the reasons why I have turned off comments on my mods for this exact reason.

It is a shame that 80% of people in this community can not mod or be bothered to mod, and so they think that the people who do and can mod, should cater to them and act as Tech Support for other peoples mods for compatibility reasons.

My own mods have been uploaded to other sites, not just my Steam Workshop mods, but my mods on Nexus have also been taken and uploaded onto other sites.

Moving on to the mod itself, if you do not wish for the mod to be re-uploaded (I had only re-uploaded the mod myself as it did appear that your account may have been hijacked based on the sudden name change of your Steam Profile, and the way the mod was suddenly changed, usually the mod would just be outright deleted, not kept up with files removed, so that is the only reason I re-uploaded it).

(I have no relation or idea who this person is that is trying to charge for the mod though).

But seeing as the situation is now different, I will remove the mod right away.

I can only say as a fellow Mod creator, I appreciate your time and effort that you have put into, and contributed to this community, unlike the people that demand things be done for nothing.

It was an amazing mod. It's a shame that stupid people always have to ruin something good. I really enjoyed it while I had it, and my game is not the same. Sorry you got burned, Sokolov.. I really wanna just say thanks for the time and effort you put in, for FREE, to make my gaming experience better. Your mod will be missed.

Ahh, thanks for clearing that up. It was indeed why I added you, just wanted to figure out what happened. Sorry Sokolov. I hope you're not too discouraged from modding in the future but I completely understand.

Sokolov lähetti viestin:

Because several people are sending me friend invites likely for this reason; it's gone because someone has stolen it and is currently making money off of it and I doubt that it will be possible to take it down.
I also received comments that didn't do anything but complain about everything, expecting me to support many 'compatibility patches' and waste time getting in contact with other authors to create such 'patches'.
Many people were also attempting to add me for no reason as well just because I changed a few pixels.
All I did was create a primitive texture pack by using what little updated guides there are for this game and decided to make it public cuz I thought people would find it handy.
Minimal Display Bars is as close as you will get, since my mod was one-of-a-kind I guess hence why it took off.
Also don't re-upload my mod if you download it from the shady websites, please. I don't really want it back on the workshop.

♥♥♥♥.. Sorry to hear that. That's some grade-A bullcrap the other person pulled. But thank you for when it was here, by far one of my favorites. Best wishes <3